Politically worked up over Hillary Clinton

Re “Many faces of Hillary -- none a winner,” Opinion, Jan. 26

Your editorial (Jan. 26) citing the neurological study that found political discussions register within the emotional regions of the brain rather than the parts where rational thinking occurs (at least in men) was an enlightening precursor to the Op-Ed article I read on your page by Jonah Goldberg.

It seems nothing gets men more emotional than a political woman. The tone and severity of Goldberg’s diatribe suggests that, contrary to his emotional writing, his rational belief is that Hillary Clinton is a powerful political force to be reckoned with. If he truly thinks that “Clinton being herself is politically disastrous,” and that she can’t win the 2008 presidential race, then what gets his cerebral cortex so heated up?

KATHY HARTY

Arcadia

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Goldberg gets one thing straight about Hillary Clinton: Liberals don’t like her stampede to the center. But what he fails to recognize is that a liberal mutiny is exactly what she needs to win the presidency. Clinton’s most formidable enemies in 2008 won’t appear in the form of neoconservative newsmagazines or enterprising conservative journalists. Clinton’s rigueur de jour will blossom from the well-entrenched liberal trees in her own backyard.

Unevolved feminist groups will take umbrage at Clinton’s position on abortion (she’s pro-choice and against abortion); so-called minority activists will be repelled into paralysis (Mexico state flags and all) at her stance on immigration. The myopic activity of passe liberal groups like these is what drove Middle America to settle for less in 2000 and 2004. Further, it is precisely because Clinton has, to use Goldberg’s words, “defied the rules of nature” in the past that she is now the presidential candidate most poised to win the favor of voting Americans.

CYNTHIA CORONA

Whittier

The author is a veteran local political consultant.